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= FAQ (aong13) =
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Interface Questions
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Q. The chat box is scrolling way too fast! How can I sort out the spam?
A. In any chat box, you can right-click the box or left-click on the I to look
at the chat box settings. More specifically, you can subscribe or unsubscribe
channels, or create a new chat box entirely. I typically split my chat into
two windows, one with spam (combat messages, shopping channels, OOC channels)
and one with my usual communications channels (team, org chat, vicinity).
I have written a beginner's guide to the chat client at this link:
^
http://www.aofroobs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4647
Q. How can I resize my chat window?
A. The default chat window starts Borderless, which cannot be resized. If you
change it to a normal "bordered" window through the visual settings, you can
resize it.
Q. It's hard to sort through the shops and my inventory! How can I make it
easier to read?
A. If you click the "I" at the upper-left of any window that stores items, you
will notice an option called "List Mode". I find it MUCH easier to go through
my items when I'm in List Mode, as it shows the name, count, and QL of each
item in your pack (or shop or bank). The only disadvantage is that you will
only see a small icon and it is more difficult to gauge when packs are full. I
would highly recommend using List Mode for all shops, at the very least. You
can also sort items according to Name, Count, and QL by clicking on the tab, as
well as resize the tabs by click and dragging on the tab borders.
Q. How do I rename my backpacks?
A. If you click the "I" at the upper-left of your open backpack window, you will
see an option to rename your backpack. Use this feature to keep your personal
bags organized. The names are kept locally, and thus other folks will see only
the default name when you trade the bags.
Q. Where are my Perks?
A. Froobs will still get perk messages, even though they cannot have perks. It
is an annoying part of leveling up.
Q. Why doesn't the Global Market Search work?
A. You can only use the Global Market Search terminals if you have the Alien
Invasion expansion. Sorry.
Q. How do I split a stack?
A. Hold down CTRL and Left-click and drag to the left or right. This allows you
to create a separate stack from the item. Note that some things cannot be
separated once they are combined.
Q. How do I create a reference? How do I post NoDrop items in Chat without
looting the item?
A. To create a reference, hold down Right-Click on an item, and select "Create
Reference". This will cause the information on the item to show up in your
Knowledge Window. CTRL-3 opens the Knowledge Window. Now that the reference is
created, you can drag and drop the item in your Knowledge Window to the Chat
Window. This is a great way to post NoDrop items into the Chat window without
actually looting the item.
Mission/Quest Questions
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Q. Where can I get Whiskey?
A. Most liquor can be bought at Bartenders throughout Rubi-Ka. However, the
stock that they carry is often random, making it difficult to buy the Scottish
Whiskey needed for the Omni-Tek Assault Pack mission. I've had the best luck
with finding an OT Bartender in Baboon's and Roomba nightclubs in Omni-1
Entertainment, and the Bartender that's next to the Bronto Burger in Galway
Shire. You can also try the Bartenders in the Trade Skill Area in most of the
Basic Shops. It might take a while, but just hunt down multiple bartenders and
look at their stock.
Q. Where do I find Omnifiers/Clanalizers?
A. These start to appear in chests as loot on missions after QL 50. The easiest
way is to just buy it from someone selling on the trade channel. Prices vary
from 50k to 100k. They are not rollable, nor do they drop from Bosses.
Q. So what can I use the Omnifier on?
A. Omnifiers can be used on Hacked Steel-Ribbed Armor, Carbonum Armor, the
Pads of Dedication, and the Omni-Tek Armed Forces Helmet.
Q. A door in my mission is locked! How do I open it?
A. You need a Lock Pick, sold in any tools booth. You can also get a free
lockpick from a Subway quest (generally involving returning a Vagabond Cloak to
a vagrant near the subway). Generally, you need a Breaking and Entry skill of
about 1 x (QL of the mission) to open doors, and 2 x (QL of the mission) to
unlock chests/barrels, but at lower skill, you can repeatedly try to pick the
lock until you randomly get it open.
Q. What's the deal with Nano-Critters/Symbio-Grafts/Boosted-Grafts?
A. These items are equipped on the wrist (or finger, for Nano-critters), and
allow you to cast the nano they are programmed with. If they are "Hacked" or
generic, then the nanoprogram can be used by any class, thus allowing you to
use certain nanoprograms from other classes. The nanoprogram list is very
limited, but it does include some of the low level Adventurer polymorphs and
several low level buffs. The "Playful Cub", "Sparrow Flight", and "Enhanced
Senses" Grafts are quite popular. Reflect shields are also popular, with the
caveat that they lock Time-Space, thus prevent you from using Nano Rechargers!
Symbio-Grafts lock the linked skill for 1 hour minus 5 seconds per QL. Boosted
Grafts lock the linked skill for 30 minutes minus 5 seconds per QL. Thus,
Boosted Grafts tend to be more desirable, especially at high QLs.
A list of useful Grafts is at this link:
^
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...d.php?t=495650
Q. I've heard that I have an apartment somewhere?
A. The apartments can be found in the Backyards areas for each faction. You
don't have to pay anything for an apartment, as you are automatically assigned
one as soon as you walk into an apartment door. As Omni, just enter any of the
Highrise areas to get to your backyards, and simply walk into an apartment
door. Remember where your apartment is, as the game will give you no reminders
as to where you live! You will be given an Ownership Access Card, which must
be in your inventory to enter your apartment. You can place up to 30 objects
in the apartment for furniture or simply storage. To show folks your home,
you simply need to be teamed with them... just be the team leader and walk into
the door first. More information can be found here:
http://ao-universe.com/guides/classi...ment_guide.php
Q. Why am I not getting tokens in my missions?
A. In order to get tokens, you have to kill the monsters/enemies in the
mission. For each monster that you kill, your chance of getting a token goes
up by a set amount. If you kill all of the monsters in the mission, your
chance of getting the token is 100%. You have to kill at least 5 or 6 enemies
before the percent meter shows up (unless you are on a team mission).
The monsters that you kill must be green or higher... if they are grey, they do
not add to the token percentages, even though they count toward the maximum
enemies you need to kill. Conversely, "hidden" enemies like Garbage Fleas,
Garbage Salamanders, and Frightened Rollerrats actually count toward the
percentage and don't count in the maximum enemies total. Turrets and Security
cams also count toward the percentage without counting toward maximum enemies.
Tokens are also only earned after you fully complete the mission objective. A
common mistake is exiting the mission without having used the appropriate item
for a Repair mission, or forgetting to return the target item to the mission
terminal that you got the mission from in Return Item missions.
Be sure to always right-click and use your tokens after earning them, because
they are Unique... if you have a token in your inventory, you won't earn any
new ones! And remember, Neutrals don't get tokens.
Q. What are token guns?
A. The QL 141-160 Fine-Tuned Westinghouse IM-50 Plasma Burner OR BBI Minami-90
Sticky Love Rain can be redeemed from a repeatable mission for tokens, which is
different for Clan and Omni factions (Neutrals don't get tokens). It takes 12
guns (stored in a Dimensional Crushing Storage Device, given by the mission) to
generate 1 token. While the guns can be found on missions, most folks hunt for
these weapons at the Omni bases in Avalon (for Clan) and the Sentinel base in
NE Wailing Wastes (for Omni). You can redeem them for tokens yourself, or you
can sell full bags of these guns to other players for 2-4m each bag.
For the Clan version:
^
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...d.php?t=326652
For the Omni version:
^
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...d.php?t=396874
Q. Where do I find (insert Engineer Pistol item) here?
A. There are a variety of materials needed to make the Engineer pistol. A full
list of the process can be found here:
^
http://arcanum.aodevs.com/weapons_engineerpistol.html
Briefly:
* Irreparable River MV - Shop buyable, rollable. Lower QLs require less trade
skills, but have tighter QL ranges to build.
* Jensen Ore Extractor - Tradeskill section, General Tools booth
* Screwdriver - Tradeskill section
* Notum Chips/Fragments - Drops from any enemy that can drop gems. You want as
low of a QL as possible. QL 1 is the best for this process.
* Robotic Self-Preservation System - Uncommon drop from any robot, including
dogs.
* Technoscavenger Brain - NoDrop item from Buzzsaws or Technoscavengers. A lot
of them can be found on Bot Mountain south of ToTW in Greater Tir County.
* Disposal Unit Toolset - From a unique Bronto Catcher in Greater Tir County.
18 hours spawn, costs 1-2m on the open market. Also drops from Jack the
Legchopper.
Gameplay Questions
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Q. How can I determine the level range of folks that I can group with?
A. Most of the time, I just enlist the services of one of the chatbots. People
typically type /tell helpbot level XX, where XX is your level, and helpbot will
spit back out a range of numbers, including who you can team with, what
missions are pulled from the mission terminals, etc.
Another method that doesn't use the chatbots is the LFT interface. Pressing
Shift-F will open up a search window for all other players on LFT. If you get
your friends to go on LFT (typing /lft in chat), then you can try to search for
them. The LFT interface will only find folks that you can group with and still
get XP.
Q. What's a Wrangle?
A. Wrangles are Trader nanoskills that are generally used to increase a weapon
or nanoskill temporarily so that one can use higher level weapons/bots. They
increase primary weapon skills (no specials or multi) and Nanoskills (but not
the aiding skills of First Aid and Treatment). They do NOT increase anything
else (such as Abilities or Tradeskills). Note that using high level Wrangles
to equip items will often make you Over Equipped, so try to do the calculations
beforehand using /tell helpbot oe (RequirementsOfYourWeapon).
Q. What nanoprogram buffs Computer Literacy?
A. Unfortunately, there are only two classes that can buff Comp Lit, and they
are Trader and Agent (using False Profession: Trader). There are no outside
buffs for Comp Lit except for the generic Comp Lit expertise for +20. Most
folks either use items or implants to increase their Comp Lit. Another option
is wielding the QL 44 Galahad Inc T70 Beyer pistols.
Q. What is OE?
A. OE stands for "over-equipped". Weapons and Armor can be equipped using
temporary buffs such as implants and nanobuffs. However, if your skill is too
low after you lose those buffs, you may become "over-equipped". OE starts
occuring if any of the skills or abilities in the requirements of the item
fall below 80% of the requirement. At below 80%, you lose 25% of the efficacy,
whether it is armor class or damage or attack rating. At below 60%, you lose
50% of the efficacy.
The OE calculation is also made on pets. If your nanoskills fall below 80% of
the requirements to cast the pet, then they will no longer follow your commands.
HUD/Util items, Belts/NCU deckslots, and Implants do not suffer from OE.
Q. What is Overflow?
A. Overflow is a special inventory area that opens when you receive an item but
you do not have the space for it. Once you zone, all items in Overflow are
gone for good. Once you move some items from your inventory (into a bag or
deleted), you can "loot" the Overflow just like any other inventory window.
The main problem comes when you accidentally close the Overflow window, but you
still have an item in there that you want. Most of the time, that item is simply
gone (sorry!), unless you can somehow manage to open the Overflow window again
by receiving an item when your inventory is full. Most tradeskill processes will
cause the newly created item to go into Overflow, so you might be able to do
that. Another method of opening overflow is trading with someone, putting
things from your backpack into trade, then cancel the trade.
Q. Why are all these Armors and Weapons "Worn" or "Cheap" or "Irreparable"?
A. These (and other) adjectives are simply meaningless prefixes given to
various weapons and armor at different QL ranges. A QL 10 "Cheap" Joint Clans
Scout Pistol is the same pistol as a QL 140 Joint Clans Scout Pistol, but at a
different QL. While the prefixes and the colorful suffixes at the end of some
of the weapons (the M150 Booster comes to mind) are just names for different QL
ranges, they may also indicate the differences in the buffs that a particular
weapon can give at that QL. For example, the "Second-Hand" Old English Trading
Company pistol gives +5 Int, while the O.E.T Jess gives +20 Int and Psy.
Q. Why does my Quantum Wings keep cancelling when I zone?
Q. Why does my Globe-Trotter Helm keep disequipping when I zone?
A. Some items and nano-program buffs in the game have what is known as a
"playshift requirement". This means, whenever you zone, the game re-checks to
see if you meet the requirements of the item. Since the game does not take
take into account your buffs from implants and nano-buffs while zoning, this
can cause Quantum Wings to quit or certain items to become disequipped (even
though it still appears in your wear window). The only solution is to simply
recast Quantum Wings or re-equip the item. When your base abilities/skills are
high enough to use these items without buffs, you won't experience this issue.
Note that Quantum Wings was fixed in the patch 17.5 series so that it won't
cancel on zoning.
Q. How do you deliver items to another character on the same account?
A. A feature in more recent MMORPGs, character item sharing within the same
account does not exist in Anarchy Online. However, you can simply create a new
froob account and dual-log Anarchy Online. The client can be run multiple times
as long as each client is running a different account. Even modest systems can
dual-log, given the age of Anarchy Online compared to today's hardware. However,
you may have to keep the "non-active" clients minimized while doing your work.
Another option is simply making some trusted friends or finding a trustworthy
org/clan to assist you.
Q. What is Nano Delta/Heal Delta?
A. Nano Delta and Heal Delta is the value that represents your "natural" healing
rate over time. Your nanopoints regenerate according to your Nano Delta and
your health regenerates according to your Heal Delta. People also use "Heal
Delta" as a term to describe the natural healing of NPCs and Monsters, but often
this isn't a true "Heal Delta". Rather, it is either regeneration offered by
Mongo or the accelerated healing that a monster gets when there are no players
within line of sight. Monsters and NPCs do have a slow natural regeneration
rate, but this is only a factor in very high level monsters.
Nano/Heal Delta are composed of two parts: Tickrate (the amount of time in
seconds before the next healing) and the Delta value (the amount of Nanopoints
or Health that is healed). The base Delta values are determined by breed and
Body Dev. Atrox breeds get 4 points of Heal Delta and 2 points of Nano Delta.
Nanomage breeds get 2 points of Heal Delta and 4 points of Nano Delta. Solitus
and Opifex breeds get 3 of each. This is further augmented by Body Dev, and
every 100 points of Body Dev adds 1 point of Delta to both. These values may
seem very low, but they can be augmented by implants, nanobuffs, and armor.
The Tickrate is dependent on Stamina for Heal Delta and Psychic for Nano Delta.
The formula for Heal Delta is:(870-Stamina)/30 (rounded down) in seconds
While the formula for Nano Delta is:
((899-Psychic)/60) (rounded down) * 2 seconds
These tickrates are HALVED if you are sitting, so you heal twice as fast.
Note that the minimum Tickrate (as far as I know) is 2 seconds. This makes the
following tables for Heal Delta and Nano Delta:
Heal Delta
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0 Stamina : 29 seconds
30 Stamina : 28 seconds
60 Stamina : 27 seconds
90 Stamina : 26 seconds
120 Stamina : 25 seconds
150 Stamina : 24 seconds
180 Stamina : 23 seconds
210 Stamina : 22 seconds
240 Stamina : 21 seconds
270 Stamina : 20 seconds
300 Stamina : 19 seconds
330 Stamina : 18 seconds
360 Stamina : 17 seconds
390 Stamina : 16 seconds
420 Stamina : 15 seconds
450 Stamina : 14 seconds
480 Stamina : 13 seconds
510 Stamina : 12 seconds
540 Stamina : 11 seconds
570 Stamina : 10 seconds
600 Stamina : 9 seconds
630 Stamina : 8 seconds
660 Stamina : 7 seconds
690 Stamina : 6 seconds
720 Stamina : 5 seconds
750 Stamina : 4 seconds
780 Stamina : 3 seconds
810 Stamina : 2 seconds
Nano Delta
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0 Psychic : 28 seconds
60 Psychic : 26 seconds
120 Psychic : 24 seconds
180 Psychic : 22 seconds
240 Psychic : 20 seconds
300 Psychic : 18 seconds
360 Psychic : 16 seconds
420 Psychic : 14 seconds
480 Psychic : 12 seconds
540 Psychic : 10 seconds
600 Psychic : 8 seconds
660 Psychic : 6 seconds
720 Psychic : 4 seconds
780 Psychic : 2 seconds
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= Glossary (aong14) =
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1HB - 1 Handed Blunt
1HE - 1 Handed Edged
2HB - 2 Handed Blunt
2HE - 2 Handed Edged
3P - Tri-Plumbo, the boss in the sewers of Biomare dungeon.
add - Short for "Additional monster", these are enemies that join an attack,
ganging up on your character/party.
Advy - Adventurer.
afk - Away from keyboard.
aggro - A term derived from "aggression", it is the quality of being actively
pursued/attacked by a monster. For example, "The Enforcer was out in front,
so he drew all the aggro". Also used as a verb, for both players receiving
and monsters giving attacks. "I'll aggro those mobs, you guys stay back." or
"The Leet aggro'ed me!"
AI - Alien Invasion, one of the expansions.
alt - Short for Alternate Character. Basically, any character that is actively
played that isn't a main.
AO - Anarchy Online
AoE - Area of Effect.
ARK - These are the volunteer players in charge of responding to petitions
and smoothing over the wrinkles in player gameplay. Short for Advisors of
Rubi-Ka.
backyards - This is the expression used to describe the "home turf" areas of
each of the factions. For Omni, it's Omni-Trade and Omni-1 Entertainment. For
Clan, it's Tir and Athens. For Neutrals, it's Borealis and Newland. The
backyards contain floating help objects, a holoworld for training low level
characters, and player apartments.
behe - Essence of the Behemoth, Enforcer nanobuff for +20 Strength/Stamina
bio (break) - A break to go to the bathroom and pick up drinks/food.
blitz - To run quickly through a mission to get to the reward or boss as fast
as possible. Typically, one blitzes through a mission just to get the mission
reward (or alternatively, the pickup item), and nothing else.
BM - Biological Metamorphoses, a nanoskill.
BnE - Breaking and Entry skill. Also B+E or B&E.
bot - One of the various user-created automated programs that responds to chat
commands.
BRB - (I'll) Be Right Back.
buff - Any sustained effect that increases a stat or a skill. Nano Buffs are
limited by NCU (the more NCU you have, the more buffs you can sustain).
BY - Acronym for "Backyards" See Backyards for more info.
camp - Staying in an area, typically to repeatedly kill a respawning monster.
For example: "The Cyborgs are heavily camped."
CC - Concrete Cushion. A common buffing item for +8/+16 Strength/Stamina.
CDR - Customized IMI Desert Reet 1000. One of the more popular pistols, due to
its speed, damage, and special attacks, as well as relatively low requirements.
This is a NoDrop item that only drops from the Lab Director of Biomare dungeon,
and is difficult to get without a team of 80+ people or the help of orgmates.
CH - Complete Healing, a high level doctor nano that virtually completely heals
the Health bar.
CoH - Crypt of Home. A 70-110 level dungeon in Broken Shores, north of Home
(the Grid point of Broken Shores).
ding - Gaining a level. "I just dinged" or simply "Ding!".
DM - Dark Memories. A drop from Lien in the Temple of the Three Winds, it is
a memory chip that gives a fair amount of NCU and some Nano Energy.
DoT - Damage over Time. This class of Nanoprograms damages an opponent every
few seconds over an extended period of time. Also, Defender of the Three, one
of the bosses in Temple of the Three Winds.
Dynaboss - Also Dynacamp or simply Dyna. These are "boss" monsters that are
stronger than the usual specimen of their species. They often have a glowing
aura of some sort which confers a special ability.
EE - Emergency Exit. These buttons in Foreman's dungeon resemble fire alarms
and pressing them will teleport you back to the entrance. Also, Electrical
Engineering, a tradeskill.
EP - Extreme Prejudice, Engineer nanobuff for +120 Pistol and Grenade.
ES - Enhanced Senses, Agent nanobuff for +15 Sense.
FE - Finest Edition, found in the northwest corner of Old Athens.
FG - Feline Grace, Agent nanobuff for +25 Agility.
FTL - "For the loss", the opposite of FTW.
FTW - "For the win", a general term of acclaim and prowess. Used in many game
shows and competitive sports, this term has since become internet slang.
fr00b - A player with a free account. Occasionally used as a derogatory term
by those who pay to play. See "What is a fr00b?" section for details.
GA - Grid Armor. The various Grid armor nanoprograms available to the
Fixer class are highly sought after, and can sell for quite a bit on the
open market.
GAI - Grid Armor Mark I
GAII - Grid Armor Mark II
GAIII - Grid Armor Mark III
GAIV - Grid Armor Mark IV
GB - "Golfball", the teleporters in the Biomare/Foreman's Dungeon.
GSF - Gridspace Freedom, Fixer nano that adds runspeed and evades.
GSP - Grid Stream Productions. An internet radio station that caters exclusively
to AO. Visit gridstream.org for more details.
GTA - Guardian Tank Armor. The best "Back" slot armor from the Temple of the
Three Winds, it has an abysmally low drop rate from the Guardian of Time.
HoT - Healing over Time. This class of Nanoprograms heals some damage every
few seconds. They are very popular "buffs", as they allow the receipient to
engage in extended combat without worrying about healing. Fixers and Doctors
are the two classes with the major HoT nanos.
IC - Iron Circle, Doctor team nanobuff for +20 Strength/Stamina.
IP - Improvement Points. Used for raising abilities and skills.
IS - Inner Sanctum, a dungeon for characters of level 125+
Kiting - Killing in Transit. Generally used to describe hit-and-run tactics.
KS - Kill-steal. Also "KSing". Generally considered poor gaming etiquette,
Kill-stealing is ODing (overdamaging) an enemy that someone else is already
fighting. While some folks appreciate the assistance, the ODing player is the
one who gets the most experience and the first chance to loot.
LD - Lab Director, the "last boss" of Foreman's/Biomare.
Also, "link death", when the internet connection of a player gets cut off.
LE - Lost Eden, the latest AO expansion.
legos - Also leggies or legs. Refers to the Legionnaires in the Temple of the
Three Winds.
loot alpha - Setting the loot to a rotation according to alphabetical order.
Many groups appreciate this form of loot for general dungeon hunting, as it
fairly distributes the loot across the team. To do this, the team leader must
type /team loot alpha
main - Short for Main Character. This is the main character that you play
most often.
MBS - Maximum Beneficial Skill. This item attribute caps your Attack Rating
for a particular weapon.
MC - Matter Creations, a nanoskill.
meep - Slang for any line of Nano that teleports a character out of an area.
Fixers are well-known for their "meep" nanos. Originally the sound made by the
Warner Brothers character "Roadrunner".
mezz - Slang. Short for mesmerize. This class of nanoprogram, commonly used by
Traders, Bureaucrats, Adventurers, and Nanotechnicians, is used to calm enemies
so they don't attack you on sight. They are a great method of crowd control,
and also allow for fast "blitzing" of missions. Metaphysicists also have a pet
commonly called a "mezz" pet that performs a similar function.
missionable - Able to get an item through a mission. For example, "The
concrete cushion is missionable". Synonymous with rollable.
MM - Matter Metamorphoses, a nanoskill.
MotR - Might of the Revenant, a shoulderpad from Inner Sanctum
MP - Meta-Physicist. Also, Monster Parts.
MT - mistell. Often used as an apology right after sending a message to the
wrong window, such as sending a trade sell/buy request on the OOC chat.
Nano - This can mean a lot of things, but it commonly refers to Nanoprograms
in the game, the Anarchy Online equivalent of spells. It can also refer to
the Nanopoints used to fuel the Nanoprograms, or less commonly, the NCU number
utilized for buffs.
NoDrop - NoDrop items cannot be sold or traded. It is typically impolite to
loot NoDrop items that you cannot use, so use Shift-Click to examine an item
before looting it. Many powerful items are NoDrop and thus need to be looted
rather than bought on open market.
NS - Neuronal Stimulator, NT nanobuff for +20 Intelligence/Psychic. SL only.
NT - Nano-Technician.
OB - Outside Buffs. In general, it means receiving buffs from other people
playing a different profession.
OD - Overdamaging. This means dealing the greatest fraction of the total damage
to a target. The team or individual that ODs a target gets the first chance at
looting the corpse and also most of the experience.
org - Short for organization. The Anarchy Online equivalent of guilds.
orgmates - A reference to people in the same org.
Perk - A unique advantage for your character, allowing you to focus your
abilities above and beyond standard IP allocation. Fr00bs CANNOT have Perks,
although they will still get Perk messages when they level up.
PM - Psychological Modifications, a nanoskill.
Proc - Short for Programmed Random Occurrence (apocryphal). Any number of
random effects that can happen when using a nano, item, or weapon. For
example, the random added damage of a CDR or Stygian Desolator is a proc.
PST - Please Send Tell, often used after shopping advertisements.
QL - Quality Level. This number tells you the relative power of the item and
is loosely related to the equivalent character level. Note that most items with
a high QL can be used by characters with a lower character level, so this is
mostly just a guideline, not a hard and fast limit (although some items ARE
level-locked). It also determines the buy/sell price of the item.
RB - Rome Blue. RBB, RBA, and RBS refer to Rome Blue Basic shop, Advanced
shop, and Superior shop, respectively.
RG - Rome Green. RGB, RGA, and RGS refer to Rome Green Basic shop, Advanced
shop, and Superior shop, respectively.
RK - Rubi-Ka, the "planet" on which Anarchy Online is based. RK1 refers to
the dimension Atlantean (Server 1), RK2 refers to the dimension Rimor (Server
2), and RK3 refers to the german dimension Die Neue Welt (Server 3). People
also jokingly refer to real world activities as RK4.
rolling - Gaining an item through a mission. Because the missions and mission
rewards are quite random, it is similar to rolling dice and attempting to get
a specific number. For example, "I finally rolled some Concrete Cushions on
my last mission" or "I'm going to roll up some missions, see if I can finally
get that nano". It is easier to "roll" items using Clicksaver. The term is
also used when a team is randomly determining the assignment of important
loot, such as the Guardian Tank Armor in the Temple of the Three Winds or the
Customized IMI Desert Reet 1000 in the Biomare/Foreman's Dungeon. Example:
"We'll roll for the CDRs, whoever gets the roll gets the item." Rolling random
numbers are typically facilitated by a /tell helpbot roll X, where X is the
number range to roll.
RC - Riot Control, Soldier Nanobuff for +110 Burst.
RR - Rome Red. Also, RRG refers to Rome Red Grid, the grid point in Rome Red.
RT - Robust Treatment, Adventurer Nanobuff for +60 treatment.
SD - Smuggler's Den. Also, Stygian Desolator.
SFA - Superior First Aid, Doctor Nanobuff for +80 treatment.
shop food - Items that are meant to be sold to an NPC or a shop terminal, as
opposed to valuable items that are meant to be sold on the shopping channels or
kept in your bank. For example, "Blood Plasma is good shop food."
SI - Sensory Improvement, a nanoskill.
SL - Shadowlands, either the expansion itself or the Shadowlands areas as a
whole.
SL00b - A paying subscriber. Easier to say than "SL/AI/LEer". See also fr00b.
tipping - A polite way to ask for money for services, especially when
advertising on a chat channel. "Will cast Wrangle for tips" or "Tipping for a
good SFA buff." Note that the usage of tipping varies among different social
groups. Some folks feel that you should always tip according to a standard
pay scale, and some folks feel that the recipient should receive the services
for free and is under no obligation to tip. This writer feels that you should
always tip for services. It's just good form and etiquette.
TL - Title Level. Each title level represents a major advancement in your
prowess and limits.
Token Guns - QL 141-160 Fine-Tuned Westinghouse IM-50 Plasma Burner OR
BBI Minami-90 Sticky Love Rains, guns which can be redeemed from a repeatable
mission for tokens.
ToTW - Temple of the Three Winds, the main dungeon for 25 to 60th level.
train - A large group of monsters that are following a fleeing player. Train
is used both as a noun and a verb in this instance. For example, "There's a
train coming at us from the main hallway! Watch out!" or "That damn Atrox just
trained back to our location". Generally considered poor gaming etiquette,
like KSing, although sometimes one will "train" to their own team to kill a
large group quickly with area attacks and/or teamwork.
TS - Time and Space, a nanoskill. Sometimes erroneously named "SpaceTime" in
the in-game descriptions.
twink - A character that has equipment that is far above the typical level of
being able to use said equipment, usually to gain an advantage in earlier
level gameplay. Can also be used as a verb "I twinked my alt with a Panther
that I bought from a friend."
Unique - You can only have one Unique item in the inventory of your character.
This prevents some items, like Tokens, from being hoarded.
WB - Welcome Back.
Whom-pah - Teleportation booths that run in circuits, similar to train station
routes. There are Whompah routes for Neutral, Omni, and Clan, and some
crossover points at for all three routes.
WTB - Want to buy. Used on the trade channel to advertise when you want to
buy something.
WTF - Will to Fight, a PvP dungeon no one ever goes to anymore. Also, vulgar
usage: "What the F***?"
WTH - Want to hire. Used on the trade channel to advertise when you want to
hire the services of another character, usually a buff or tradeskill. Also,
vulgar usage: "What the H***?"
WTS - Want to sell. Used on the trade channel to advertise when you want to
sell something.
Yalm - Short for Yalmaha, it is an expensive flying vehicle available in the
Vehicle shops of Rubi-Ka.
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= My Two Cents (aong15) =
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This section is devoted to pearls of advice and my own stuffy opinion. Feel
free to agree/disagree with them as you'd like.
* There is a bug in the game that prevents you from saving your settings on the
first time you log out. Every subsequent time, your settings on windows, chat
screens, etc. are saved, but the first time it is not. I typically create a
character and then log out immediately, log back in, set up my windows and
then log out again to set this once and forget it.
* Instead of having one chat screen at the bottom, you can split the chat
screen into two windows. To change the size of a chat window, it must be in
"Normal" mode. "Borderless" is default, and can be changed to Normal through
the chat menu (right-click the chat window or click on the I in the lower
right corner). Visual > Style > Normal. I typically put "spam" (combat
messages, OOC chat, Vicinity) in the left window and important chat messages
(Team, Org Chat, Private Tells) in the right window.
* Remember, you can store bags in your Bank.
* You can rename your backpacks by clicking on the I in the upper left corner.
This setting is "locally" saved on the client, so if you trade the bag to
someone, they will see only the default name. You can also put your backpacks
in List Mode using the same menu.
* While the different styles of backpacks all hold the same amount, they have
different icons. It may be worth the higher cost of these bags for the
purposes of organizing your bank.
* Get a new map! The Atlas of Rubi-ka is probably the most current and has the
most useful information. I can't imagine trying to play the game without it.
* When selling on shopping chat channels, don't spam your messages every minute.
Wait at least 5 minutes before posting another advertisement. A good rule of
thumb is if you can see your previous advertisement in the same window as your
current advertisement, you are probably posting too fast.
* You can't sell NoDrop items.Please inspect your items before you sell them on
the shopping channels!
* Always tip for services. Even if it is a small tip and you can't afford much.
It is professional courtesy and shows that you appreciate the effort made by
the other player helping you.
* When asking for wrangles in particular, be sure to state both the number of
points that you need and whether or not you are tipping. Don't ask for the
131 wrangle just because it's the biggest... you will be excluding out lower
level traders who can fill your need just as well with a lower wrangle. For
example, if I need 24 points in Pistols, I'd write in the OT shopping channel
WTH 24+ Wrangle, tipping 100k, pst.
* There is no magical method to make millions of credits without putting forth
any effort. Sometimes you just get lucky ("Wow! A Grid Armor disc!"), but
the best way to make money is to save money. It pays to be a packrat... save
all the discs you come by, keep all of your old implants (to donate to later
characters), and become familiar with what items are valuable to others. Don't
buy new armor every 10 levels. Roll for your armor and weapons instead of
camping (wasting time that could be spent on missions) or buying on the open
market and terminals.
* Speaking of frugal spending and saving, don't upgrade your Armor just because
you can. Figure out if you need higher level Armor first. Especially at low
title levels, Armor often isn't necessary to survive most encounters, unless
you are a primary tanking class like an Enforcer or Soldier. The way that I
figure out if I need better armor is:
** Check and see if the non-critical hits vary in damage. If they do not
(same damage every hit), then that means the enemies are hitting for only
minimum damage and you do NOT need armor.
** If the enemies are hitting for more than the minimum AND I am having
problems keeping up the self-healing to survive, then I consider getting new
armor.
** If I am a pet class, I typically do not worry too much about having good
armor protection. Instead, I focus on keeping aggro on the pet.
* Certain professions (Traders and MPs come to mind) have problems with being
chased by buff-beggars looking for free buffs. If you are playing these
classes or you don't like to be harassed by private tells from strangers, try
the /anon chat command. It removes you from the global /list that some folks
use to hunt down other people. Also, try using the /afk command, with a
message saying "I'm not available for buffing" or something similar. Most
people take a hint and try someone else.
* Kill stealing is rude, but it is practiced quite often. Remember, however,
that according to FunCom policy, "No one owns a mob (enemy)". You can't
/petition someone for Kill stealing. For froobs, this is almost universally
true (paying subscribers have a exception: when they are on Alien raids,
Pocket Bosses, or any "boss" that is deliberately spawned by their own
efforts).
* Training can be annoying at times, too. This can be a petition-able offense
if there is documented evidence that someone was deliberately training a
group of monsters on you. This constitutes as harassment under Funcom policy.
However, you need documented evidence. Folks like this tend to gloat when it
happens, so you can usually get a good screenshot of the offense.
* Shift-Up Arrow while inputting chat goes to the previous messages that you've
typed in that chat input bar. This is useful for repeating messages like
advertisements on the shopping channels.
* Have a Neutral alt dedicated to buying/selling items. Neutrals get access to
all of the chat channels.
* When allocating IP, Shift-Left Click will increase a skill to max (as long as
you have available IP) or decrease it back to your old value in one click.
* Keep a bag called "Spares" in your inventory and fill it up with some ammo
(at least 5000) of various types, stims, and labs/rechargers. You never know
when you are in the middle of nowhere and a teammate has run out of supplies.
I typically use a Large Backpack - Medical, just for easy identification.
* Other things to keep in your "Spares" bag: Virus Scanners, Purge Nano Kits,
and Free Movement stims.
* When I strip-mine, erm, gather large amounts of Carbonrich Rocks, I typically
go ahead and process them into Program Crystals in the field before stashing
them in a bag. This saves me a lot of time later, as I do not have to break
out my Rock-crushing tools.
* Pressing F9 shows your current coordinates and location. Useful if you don't
have the map for the area you are in.
* If you hold down a movement key and then hold down shift, then release the
movement key, then shift, you will continue to move in that direction that
you specified. This is useful for keyboards without a number pad (laptops),
and for Auto-running in a direction other than forward.
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= End Notes (aong16) =
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- Version History -
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0.01 First Draft!
0.02 Added more class-specific tips.
0.03 Expanded class-specific tips, added more sections
0.04 Added My Two Cents, weapon rankings
0.05 More weapon rankings, expanded several sections
0.06 Minor format changes
0.07 More tradeskill information, added price guide.
0.08 Updated Mission information, more prices, more weapons.
0.09 The Superbowl Bears vs. Colts edition!
0.10 The monthly update
0.11 More updates, expanded several sections
0.12 Tax day update. Added IS information (prelim)
0.13 A few slight changes, additions
0.14 Added a few links
0.15 Added a few links (Atlas of Rubi-Ka), corrected some spelling errors
0.16 More weapons added, some formatting corrections
0.17 Added how to create a reference, more formatting corrections
0.18 Added some more links, minor corrections, weapon buff list
0.19 Added Breed Caps, changed references to "breed" instead of "race"
Added Advanced Vehicle booths. Expanded some guides. Added 17.5 Armors
0.20 Removed some Omni-centric rhetoric, replaced with more universal language
Omni > All, but that's just my opinion. *grin*
0.21 Added Token Gun information, leetsonline.com info, official website links
0.22 Minor additions, Paid Points info
0.23 Formatting changes (addition of Recommended Reading boxes)
Added armor information on Shoulders, Rings, Neck, and Backslot items.
0.24 Froob accounts now extended to 2009. Huzzah!
0.25 Started Nano Crystal section.
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- Credits -
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AnarchyArcanum.com was the first resource that I used when I first started
playing AO, and thus deserves mention here. I couldn't have gone as far as I
have without it. It is gone, but not forgotten (mostly because it's mirrored!)
Special mention goes to ao-universe.com, one of the few sites that I've found
which updates regularly and keeps current and thorough information. I'm now a
columnist there, so be sure to check out my "Froob For Life" column!
Another special mention goes to aofroobs.com. This site is a beacon for all
free non-paying players of Classic AO.
I'd like to thank my org, Newcomers Alliance. You make gaming great! If you
would like to join the Newcomers Alliance (Omni, RK1/Atlantean), send the
following command:
/tell chunkbot guestjoin
...and join our guest chat. Note that if your character was made in the last 48
hours, you may not be able to join guest chat due to a bug in the way our bot
reads character information. We're working on it! Be sure to ask for Ferrell.
I'd also like to thank FunCom for making Classic AO a free game for all to
enjoy. It is truly a remarkable game, and even more remarkable that anyone can
play for free!
Shameless Plug: If you like my work, help me gain points of Fame at Guild Cafe
(guildcafe.com)! Just sign up for an account there and set "Hahnsoo" as your
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"One of the most adventurous things left to us is to go to bed. For no one can
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-E. V. Lucas, 365 Days and One More